Official Name: | Yucay |
Native Name: | Yukay |
Native Name Lang: | qu |
Pushpin Map: | Peru |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Cusco |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Urubamba |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Yucay |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Leocadio Madera |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Timezone: | PET |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | -13.3167°N -72.0892°W |
Elevation M: | 2857 |
Yucay (Quechua: Yukay) is a town in southern Peru. It is the capital of the Yucay District, which is near the center of Urubamba Province in the Cusco Region of southern Peru.[1]
The area where Yucay is located is commonly called the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Many Inca ruins are in the Sacred Valley near the Urubamba River and extending up the nearby hillsides in agricultural terraces called andenes. The town is located at an elevation of 2860m (9,380feet).[2]